Blocking off side vents. Yay or Nay?

Xyst

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May 24, 2011
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I currently have a scout case for my desktop and I was wondering if blocking off side vents is a good idea. As you can see it comes with two 140mm(?) vent holes.


Now I blocked them off with some paper and duct tape but it seems like my temperature went up. I also jury rigged a extra fan in the front of the case blowing in. (Where the cd/dvd drives go.

I just installed a new PSU and theres a birds nest of cords in the bottom near the Hard drive bays so I figured I'd slap an extra fan in and see how it did.


http://www.legitreviews.com/article/920/1/